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Thinking about starting a comic strip. Any suggestions?
| I'd say that some of the best things to keep in mind are your own capabilities. I've seen far to many artists run themselves crazy to meet a deadline. Just keep the work at a manageable pace and I'm sure if you plan on having any form of readers they will understand. Anything else would be situational. Like format and the like. In any case I'm guessing you have the motivation and that is exceptional in its own right.
| what the above said, yes. also read some fiction and try to think like a "writer" foremost
| Thanks guys, I appreciate the suggestions. I may start off with mainly some artwork and a few gags to test the waters. I fortunately have an audience, and I have some ideas, but I don't want to have huge gaps in between updates, since I have other responsibilities to attend to.
| Do you read any comics/webcomics to start off with? Great places to get an idea for how to start off.
Here's a free hint- don't start off your strip with some character jokingly saying "I know, let's start a comic!" It's been done to death and immediately singles you out as clueless and boring.
| I know, lets start a hentai!
| >>103735
I was doing some looking in to some older comic strips for inspiration. Like "Non-Sequitur", and in time I'll look at some more of "The Far Side"
gocomic.com is a Godsend.
| > gocomics.com
Correcting web address.
| for petes sake was very inspiring
| do you plan to include miscarriage in one of your strips?
| >>104887
No I am not. I doubt that it will include any sort of overarching plot, so that should not be an issue.
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| I recently got it in to my head to start doing a cartoon strip for fun. I've been wanting yo draw more anyway, and I feel starting and finishing something like that would be a good habit to build up. I was wondering if anyone has any tips or experience in doing something like this. I'm already planning on making a buffer, which I am working on right now.